U.S. Customs Wants to Use Your Face As a Boarding Pass
By 2022, the agency plans to use biometrics to identify 97 percent of travelers flying out of the country. Getting […]
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Is it time to crack down on facial recognition?
At least half of American adults have their photo in a facial recognition network that authorities can search without a […]
Nvidia taps AnyVision to create AI-powered surveillance technology
Nvidia has partnered with AI developer AnyVision to create facial recognition technology for “smart cities” around the world. The two […]
Google’s new AI algorithm predicts heart disease by looking at your eyes
Scientists from Google and its health-tech subsidiary Verily have discovered a new way to assess a person’s risk of heart […]
Israeli tech firm undercuts facial recognition to bolster privacy
Riding the wave of a global push to comply with new privacy standards, a small Israeli company believes it can […]
EU regulators provide guidance for digital ‘on-boarding’ by financial firms
Financial firms should consider requiring customers to provide proof of identity from documentation containing “high security features or biometric data”, […]
Facial Recognition Is Accurate, if You’re a White Guy
Commercial software is nearly flawless at telling the gender of white men, a new study says. But not so for […]
Michigan genomic research lab protects data with de-identifier, multilayer platform
The ability to share massive amounts of anonymized human genomic data between accredited hospitals and medical centers is a tremendously […]
Behavioral biometrics: the future of online authentication
Biometric authentication – using the unique attributes of the human body to prove an individual’s identity – has become increasingly […]
App that matches your face to artwork is popular yet alarming
A Google app that matches people’s selfies to famous works of art and encourages users to share the side-by-sides on […]
Companies race to gather a newly prized currency: Our body measurements
Millions of Americans are increasingly offering up this personal data in search of better-fitting clothes, raising concerns for some privacy […]
The Identity We Can’t Change
This report is a continuation of the work begun in previous years by ADC in the field of biometrics. We […]